Moluccas
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007
[Indonesian Maluku] Island group (pop., 1999 est.: 2,223,000), eastern Indonesia, lying between Sulawesi and New Guinea. The Moluccas comprise three large islands (Halmahera, Ceram, and Buru) and many smaller ones. Their combined area is about 30,066 sq mi (77,871 sq km). They constitute the Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku; the provincial capitals are, respectively, Ambon and Ternate. The population is ethnically diverse, including Malays and Papuans and people of Dutch, Portuguese, and Javanese descent. Known as the “Spice Islands,” the Moluccas were part of the Asian spice trade before being discovered by the Portuguese in 1511, and they were fought over by the Spanish, English, and Dutch, eventually coming under the Dutch. Occupied by the Japanese during World War II, the islands were afterward incorporated into the state of East Indonesia and then into the Republic of Indonesia in 1949.
Copyright 1994-2007 Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
|
How do the Dutch say finis? (economic problems with the Dutch language)
U.S. News & World Report; 1/27/1992; Lawday, David; 787 words
; It was probably the Dutch who taught Americans to hustle, so Americans owe the Dutch a lot and will be sorry to hear that the Dutch language is in trouble. As Europe's internal frontiers fade away in 1992, the big tongues of the European Community, led by English, will lick across old boundaries
Read more
|
|
Dutch resist the second German conquest their dislike of the Hun
The Independent - London; 4/16/1995; Sarah Helm in Kerkrade, Netherlands; 787 words
; ON THE Dutch side of Nieuwstraat, in the border town of Kerkrade, a pale shaven head with an earring pokes out of a window. Looking out for trade, Raymond Andriannsen stares hopefully at a group of youths loitering across the road on the German side, where the street is called Neustrasse. The
Read more
|
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
|
For 32 years, he's kept the building standing tall; Carl (Dutch) Bendeich is stepping down as the chief engineer at the IDS tower.(NEWS)(Nick Coleman)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/30/2004; Coleman, Nick; 787 words
; Byline: Nick Coleman; Staff Writer Dutch Bendeich took a final stroll across the roof of the IDS Center, leaning into the wind 775 feet above the ground, looking down on every other office tower in Minneapolis and gazing back 32 years to the day he got the keys to Minnesota's tallest building. I
Read more
|
 "Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)")
|
Dutch takes ninth state title: Clayton's Johnny Dutch wins a 110-meter state outdoor hurdle championship for the fourth straight year but is upset in the 300-meter hurdles. West's Lowery takes silver in the 1600.
Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC); 5/22/2007; 787 words
; Byline: D. Clay Best May 22--GREENSBORO -- The Johnny Dutch era of domination of the state's high school hurdle events was destined to come to an end on Saturday. The Clayton High senior was entering his last NCHSAA state championship meet with eight state individual championships already in his
Read more
|
|
Old Dutch brand heads east
Winnipeg Free Press; 3/30/2007; Kirbyson, Geoff; 525 words
; face=+Bold; Kettle chips take western mainstay across Canadaface=-Bold; By Geoff Kirbyson OLD Dutch is hoping to give a whole new meaning to the phrase "crunch time" with this week's foray into Eastern Canada. Scott Kelemen, national director of marketing for the Winnipeg-based potato chip company,
Read more
|
